The city of Lawrenceburg is the county seat of Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States,[6] The largest city on the state's southern border between Chattanooga and Memphis, it lies on the banks of Shoal Creek.

[citation needed] Upon moving from East Tennessee into the region around 1817, David Crockett served as a justice of the peace, a colonel of the militia, and a state representative.

David Crockett established a powder mill on Shoal Creek originally called the Sycamore River.

Crockett was elected as a commissioner and served on the board that placed Lawrenceburg four miles (6.4 km) west of the geographic center of Lawrence County.

He and his family lived in Lawrenceburg for several years before moving to West Tennessee after a flood destroyed his mill.

Over the next several decades, the Murray factory grew to be one of the largest in the United States: 42.7 acres (173,000 m2) under roof.

Located on the southern Highland Rim, Lawrence County and Lawrenceburg are set atop of a large mountain plateau of the Appalachian Mountain range with elevations ranging between 810 feet (250 m) to over 1,120 feet (340 m).

Lawrenceburg is home to a satellite campus of Columbia State Community College and the Southern Tennessee Higher Education Center.